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Polab — ▪ people member of the westernmost Slavs of Europe who dwelt in medieval times in the territory surrounded by the lower Elbe River in the west, the Baltic Sea in the north, the lower Oder River in the east, and Lusatia in the south. (This… … Universalium

Polabian — noun Etymology: Polab, ultimately from Polabian po on + Låbí, the Elbe River Date: 1866 1. (or Polab) a member of a Slavic people formerly dwelling in the basin of the Elbe and on the Baltic coast of Germany 2. the extinct West Slavic language of … New Collegiate Dictionary

Polabian — /poh lah bee euhn, lay /, n. 1. a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany. 2. the extinct Slavic language of this people. Also, Polab /poh lahb /. [1865 70; Polab + IAN; cf. G… … Universalium

Obodrite — ▪ people member of a people of the Polab group, the northwesternmost of the Slavs in medieval Europe. The Obodrites (sometimes called the Bodryci, from bodry, “brave”) inhabited the lowland country between the lower Elbe River and the… … Universalium